Forever (Once)

Cramer, Benjamin Forever (Once) - SATB div. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Benjamin Cramer Forever (Once) for SATB Chorus

Commissioned for the Decorah High School Concert Choir, March 2014

Premiered March 2014 Jason Rausch, director Decorah, Iowa

Copyright Š 2013 Benj Cramer Publications (ASCAP)

Forever (Once) We try real hard to be Forever and in so much, we’re not— in love and life in happiness and sorrow— but I will write you these words and maybe they can be.

When I’m gone— and things have ended (life and love, etc.)— these words will be here to remind you even if we didn’t last even if I didn’t last at least I loved you Forever (once.) ~Taylor Gould (b. 1991), used with permission of the author Taylor Gould is a poet, playwright, and prose-writer from Corinna, ME, and studying Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College in Boston, MA. His work has been featured in Diverse Voices Quarterly, Leaf Garden Press, Mindset Poetry, Thread Magazine, The Montreal Review, Aputampkon Review, Dark Fountain Journal, De La Mancha, Side B Magazine, The Good Ear Review, Enhance Magazine, and many others.

Benjamin Cramer is an avid composer, singer and conductor from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Following his graduation from Luther College in 2013, he co-founded the Vox Nova Chorale--a non-profit organization devoted to giving young composers and conductors an opportunity to workshop their shills with world-class clinicians.

Currently, Benjamin serves as Director of Music at Peace Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Forever (Once) for the Decorah High School Concert Choir

Taylor Gould

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